Shampoo cape



Dec. 31, 1946. I I c E, oJ 2,413,456

SHAMPOO CAPE Filed June 19, 1945 gwum I 9' CZIQLarzin Patented Dec. 31, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to shampoo aprons and more particularly to a guard or shield carried by the apron for protecting the face of the wearer during the shampoo operation.

An object of this invention is to provide a resilient or elastic band which is secured to the neck of the apron so as to form a loop which may be raised upwardly to engage over the forehead and engage behind the ears, the loop being so constructed and arranged that it will stand out from the head and form a trough for catching liquids for draining to the back and keeping the liquid from running down the face.

Another object of this invention is to provide an elastic band for attachment to the neck of a shampoo apron which is molded or otherwise formed in loop form and which whennot in use may be positioned on the front side of the apron, the band being extendable over the head for snug engagement with the head to prevent liquids from running over the face and forward portion of the neck.

To the foregoing objects, and others which may hereinafter appear, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more specifically referred to and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of a shampoo apron having a drain means secured thereto according to an embodiment of this invention, the apron and drain means being shown in applied position,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the apron and drain means, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through the draining band.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral designates generally a shampoo apron which is formed with a neck opening IS. The apron [0 has secured to the upper portion thereof an elastic or resilient drain band generally designated as I I. The band H is preferably formed of rubber or other yieldable material and is molded or otherwise formed in looped form, so that the free ends of the band ll may be firmly secured to the upper portion of the apron ill.

Preferably the band II is formed of an arcuate visor portion i6 which may be made of material which has a degree of flexibility and enough rigidity to maintain its trough-like shape. The remaining portions ll of the band may be formed of elastic material for holding the visor portion It in position. The visor it, as shown in Figure 3, is of transversely arcuate configuration with the concave side l2 thereof innermost when in applied position so that the inner concave edge M will snugly engage about the forehead and portions of the neck of the wearer in order to prevent liquids from flowing over the forehead and to provide for the flowing of the liquids downwardly to the back of the wearer. The upper or outer edge l5 of the band I l is adapted to be disposed in outstanding position with respect to the head of the wearer, so as to catch or collect the liquids during the shampooing operation and provide for the draining of these liquids to the back and into the basin.

In the use of this device the cupped band II is vulcanized or otherwise firmly secured to the upper portion of the apron Ill and is adapted to extend from the neck opening l3. When the drain band is not in use it may be folded or extended downwardly in front of the apron. When it is desired to prevent any liquids from flowing over the forehead and face including the neck of the person receiving the shampoo, the band I! is raised and stretched so as to tension the band and extended about the forehead and behind the ears. In this manner the draining band will snugly engage the head of the user and will prevent any liquids from flowing over the face during the shampooing operation and will provide for the draining of the fluids to the back. During normal shampooing operations the wearer of this device will be in a rearwardly inclined position with the back of the head over a wash basin or the like, so that the liquids which might flow over the face will come into contact with the tightly engaged drain band and will be directed by this band into the basin.

The exact configuration illustrated is regarded as the optimum, but some of the desirable results inherent in this disclosure may be obtained by various slight modifications including some departure from the exact configuration shown, and it is therefore requested that the scope of the invention should be regarded as limited only by the terms of the claim.

What I claim is:

A device as described consisting of a fabric apron cut away centrally at one end so as to provide shoulder engaging portions for the apron and a slot through which the neck of the wearer extends, and an integral rubber annular strip having oppositely arranged arms joined to the apron at the uppermost end of the apron, in a plane with the shoulder engaging portions thereof, this annular strip forming a peripheral trough and extended over around the forehead of the wearer so as to girdle the latter with its arcuate outer portion, and so as to depend from the forehead girdling portion with its opposing arms on the side of the head and neck of the wearer.

CORDELIA E. O, LARKIN. 

